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Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished..

Great-grandmother :: Great-grandmother (n.) The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..

Daddy Longlegs :: Daddy longlegs () An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs..

Grandpapa :: Grandpapa (n.) A grandfather.

Grandfather :: Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.

Belsire :: Belsire (n.) A grandfather, or ancestor..

Grandfatherly :: Grandfatherly (a.) Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.

Ayle :: Ayle (n.) A grandfather.

Great-grandfather :: Great-grandfather (n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.

Grand :: Grand (superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc..

Great :: Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc..

Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A great-grandfather.

Grandsire :: Grandsire (n.) Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor..

Tresayle :: Tresayle (n.) A grandfather's grandfather.

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